Tire Companies Consider Impact of Product Use
(Akron/Tire Review) The CEOs of numerous global tire companies met Feb. 9 in Los Angeles to consider plans for a global research project on the potential environmental and health impacts of their products.
Tiremakers Go Global
(Akron/Tire Review – Korean Times) Korean tiremakers are going global and setting up operations overseas – Hankook Tire is constructing a factory in Hungary, Kumho in Vietnam and Nexen in Qingdao, China.
TIC Becomes TyreSafe
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) From January 2007, the Tyre Industry Council (TIC) will be known as TyreSafe.
TIC Becomes TyreSafe
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) From January 2007, the Tyre Industry Council will be known as TyreSafe, a move the group says will raise its profile and allow it to become more a proactively consumer-facing organisation.
Kings Road Tyres to Offer Products Online
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Kings Road Tyres began wholesaling over 30 years ago and was one of the few companies that, back then, saw the need for an alternative supply chain into the market.
Tyre Manufacturers to Turn Out at Autosport Show
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Tyre manufacturers including Dunlop, Kumho, Vredestein, Pirelli, Yokohama, Toyo, Hankook, Maxsport and Hoosier will all exhibit at January’s Autosport/Aftermarket show.
Speed Matters: Selling R-Compound Tires May Help Cement Customer Relationships
So you want to get into the business of selling unique tires? Let’s see…how about starting off with a low-volume product line with relatively low margins in a market that’s so small no one can seem to estimate its size – or potential? Hmmm. That sounds like a great opportunity. Okay, zap – you’ve now
Allexim Takes Service Centre Concept to China
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) One trade company, which isn’t exactly a major market player but nevertheless has a long and successful history in China, is the Alltyre Shanghai Trading Co., Ltd. which is owned by a German entrepreneur.
Kings Road’s Wide Range
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Kings Road Tyres is a leading truck tyre wholesaler, holding what is probably the largest range of tyres available in the UK and Ireland.
Maxxis Takes the Stage
(Douglasdale, South Africa/S.A. Treads) With the ongoing proliferation of foreign tyre brands into our market, one could easily be forgiven for mistaking a credible import for a dubious one.